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I said based SOLELY on the gameplay, not on inherit potential, in which case you give the art of boxing FAR too little credit... There was A LOT they could have done with Mac, trust me...
Well, Takamaru sure trows them in the game...
And trust me, if Little Mac was fighting in Smash, the whole point in his boxing motif wouldn't even work. Smash is a game that requires characters the ability to easily jump, fly, glide around to fight, Little Mac fights through boxing which requires him to be steading on his feet and constantly dodging and attack ON the ground.
...Samurai Goroh IS an actual Samurai. A criminal samurai in the future who races at speeds of at LEAST 400 km/hr, who's "fat" is muscle that contributes to his raids with his fellow thieves and rival the only Captain Douglas J. Falcon.
Samurai sure didn't have those abilities though, they were known in Ninja mythology because it was the myths that brought about the fear of Ninja's...and that was there thingI said based SOLELY on the gameplay, not on inherit potential, in which case you give the art of boxing FAR too little credit... There was A LOT they could have done with Mac, trust me...Well, Takamaru sure trows them in the game...
And the mythical abilities you listed aren't just limited to ninjas... Besides, samurai > ninja...
Hey, if they could get the Ice Climbers to work, where their only ability prior Melee was clubbing baby seals, there is NO reason whatsoever that they couldn't pull off Mac.
Yes the Ninja are more renowned for such mythical abilities, but Samurai have been known to have them as well every now and then... Multi-profession, I guess...
not generally though. most people will see them as ninja abilities. even I do.
Ah well... I'm no expert on the matter anyway... But even if he makes use of a few ninjitsu abilities (activated via various items), Takamaru is still a samurai at heart. After all, being Link's Edo Era Japan counterpart, he had to have some magick tricks up his sleeve...
Takamaru doesn't just use a katana and shurikens. He also throws fire, becomes invisible and summons a lighting blast.
However, one thing he lacks is grabbing while throwing, which is against the boxing rules.
He can change!
by this logic, Jill shouldve been playable but she's an AT.
I agree. A samuari having Ninja abilites is just stupid IMO. I hope they make him into a traditional samurai (if hes in).
What's with this?
having Ninja abilities is part of what makes Takamaru unique; if they got rid of thoses it would be a like kicking originality in the balls...
how could you dislike him if you never heard of him?
One word... NOOB.
I know; I mean, his game is way old, and things were different back then when it came to what games Japan brought to the U.S. I'm 100% sure that if he had a new game now, it would be released internationally, then people would have no reason to complain. that's one of the main reason I support retro characters; because it helps give their series another chance. Takamaru is one of those characters that I think would be accepted quite well in the states.
IMO being a regular samurai is original enough.
Why? Even if they're retro in Japan, they're not retro to the rest of us - they still qualify as Japan-only characters, of which Sakurai said that he wasn't going to go overboard with. Keep in mind that as Japan-only characters, they also have the likes of Stafy and DeMille to contend with. And I don't think they have that significant an edge over international retro chars such as Balloon Fighter or Mach Rider.Takamaru and Sukapon are the only characters that are left that can hold it down for us retrophiles. Regardless of popular opinion, I still assert that Takamaru would make a PERFECT addition to Brawl. Fingers crossed!
Stafy isn't mentioned and apparantly there is some kind of problem that makes Demille or whatever his name is unlikely, and even still Takamaru was the most popular japan-only character and usually he doesn't ignore the most wanted characters.
The title MOTHER 3 may not currently be planned for release outside of Japan, but the MOTHER franchise itself has achieved international status thanks to Earthbound (MOTHER 2) - That in itself would increase external familiarity with the title by a considerable margin. The Nazo no Murasame-jou franchise however is 100% Japan-only, so I really wouldn't compare Takamaru with a character like Lucas as the circumstances pertaining to each character are considerably different. And as far as the game being important to Nintendo history and the character being the most popular domestic character in Japan? Now you're just being biased. Sure the game has a certain degree of importance, but nowhere to the degree of what you seem to suggest. And trust me, additional MOTHER 3 characters, various Fire Emblem lords, and Stafy (even if he wasn't mentioned in the Toukouken, neither was Sonic... :0 ) got him beat considerably as far as domestic popularity goes. Sure he has a shot, but he's by no means a shoe-in...
Even so, we're the ones (and PAL regions to a much greater extent) that get snubbed in these matters (Little Mac, anyone?), NOT Japan.I hate that about the US.....
and the same can be said for someone like I dunno....Mike Jones for example, Deathborne...
It doesn't matter Lucas in generally is a Japan only character, who may even replace Ness altogether, and need I remind you this a fan-service game as long as you receive some high status, you are going to be in, Ike, Diddy, Krystal, Dedede are clear examples of this. He's not gonna skip over a wanted character because of a japan-only status. It's foolish to even think that. He even assisted a Falcon rep and a popular FE rep because it. Sonic=/=Stafy, Sonic is a high requested guest character. And this game is being made in JAPAN! Good god, I don't know how many times I've said that
I don't recall stating that he was going to be looked over on account of him being a Japan-only character, but he has OTHER Japan-only characters to contend with - and Sakurai HIMSELF said that he wasn't planning on including a significant number of such characters on account of Brawl being a worldwide release; we can realistically expect maybe 1 - 2 Japan-only franchises to receive a playable character, with characters from partially international franchises such as Fire Emblem and MOTHER being fair game. And it doesn't matter wherethe game is made so much as for whom it is being made for - that is the WORLDWIDE Nintendo audience. Perhaps that fact hasn't occured to you yet... And I am by no means knocking Takamaru, but he is by no means a definite inclusion like you seem to think he is - that's all I'm trying to get across.
You really have no idea how much the Geno fans have been and still are serious about supporting Geno...
And visa versa.
But they are representing their individual spin-off franchises. NOT the Super Mario franchise. what's stopping Geno from getting a SMRPG symbol anyway? That game is a spinoff as well.
I had no idea they had european castles in ancient edo! :O
This is where Takamaru lives. TRUST ME.
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